Omar Al-Bashir Quotes

I want to have as normal a life as possible.

I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington with no regrets about the prior 19 years or about the decision to try living a more normal life for whatever time might remain.

The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring.

I'm just living my life.

After 30 years of television, I want to play more than I used to.

I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books.

My Plan A was to be a psychologist. I thought I would be a receptionist. I'm always middle of the road and very normal. I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got.

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

I am now a member of the private sector. I'm happy. I've got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'

I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.

I try my best, but at the same time, I try not to let being out with someone affect my everyday life. Like, if I want to go out and grab a smoothie with a friend who's a male, I'm not gonna let the paparazzi stop me from doing that and living my life and just being a normal person.

Once I decided to retire from bikes, there was no thought to go racing again. I wanted to have a full year off and maybe even see the world a bit.

The money doesn't interest me. I'm not enjoying MotoGP, and I'm retiring.

From a very early age, I decided that I wanted to be able to do my music but still be able to live a normal life.

I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I thought that would be interesting. It had never been my plan to work until I literally didn't want to do anything and then hang it up.

Because it was my decision to stop racing, I feel fine not being a driver anymore.

I am not joining politics. I don't intend to contest election. I am happy to be back to doing normal things, be it films or other work.

As my athletic career was coming to an end in 2007, I asked myself, do I want to work for somebody, or go out and make a difference?

After 21 years, six months and 10 days of active military service, I am now a civilian.

I wanted to retire from all that, but I guess my breasts still have a career, and I'm just tagging along with them.

Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.

I'm tired and it's taking an increasing amount out of me, more than I have to give physically. And that's why I want to move to Sicily and buy that little farm and raise a flock of goats and geese. I find it peaceful ... and it would be a nice way to end life.

Strive for a life well lived. Each one with their own aims, preferences, and meaning. Always, of course, without harming other persons or preventing others from being able to form a good life for themselves.